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December 7, 2006

Robitaille doesn't concede in House race

PROVIDENCE - Republican John Robitaille is still holding out hope today even after a review of absentee ballots left him trailing incumbent state Rep. Amy G. Rice for a House seat covering parts of Middletown, Portsmouth and Newport.

Robitaille officially trails Rice by nine votes in the last unsettled race from the election one month ago.

Based on a review of provisional ballots Monday and absentee ballots today, Robitaille would have picked up seven votes, still two short of victory.

Robitaille said he planned to talk strategy with his lawyers.

-- With reports by Journal staff writer Alisha Pina

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